Patient's question:
In the past two months, I've been experiencing frequent urination and urgency, always feeling the need to urinate, but only a small amount each time. There's a stinging sensation at the urethral opening. I've been cleaning it every night, but it hasn't helped. I've also been dealing with chronic lower back pain, decreased libido, and poor sleep. I went to the hospital for a thorough examination, and the diagnosis was prostatitis. Can prostatitis be treated?Doctor's answer:
The prostate can be classified into different types such as acute bacterial, chronic bacterial, and non-bacterial prostatitis. Its recurrence mechanism is bacterial infection; autoimmunity reaction of Staphylococcus epidermidis; arthritis, iritis; careful examination of the urethra with instruments, catheter insertion; upper respiratory tract and urinary tract infections, changes in sexual function, or irregular diet. These factors can lead to internal damp-heat accumulation, decay of sperm and turbid essence, resulting in inflammation and abscess of the gland. Typical symptoms during the acute phase include chills and fever, decreased body temperature, nausea and vomiting, frequent and urgent urination, dysuria and turbid urine, constipation, swelling and pain in the perineum and lower back, as well as prostatomegaly and pain.